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26 years technical job interview experience in 50 minutes with Ian Douglas from Postman

🎙 About the episode

Meet Ian Douglas 🇺🇸🇨🇦! Ian has been in the industry for 26 years and in this episode, imparts his wisdom about how stand out then succeed at technical interviews to you. 

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⏰ Timestamps

  • Introduction (0:00)
  • Removing the stigma from the interview process (01:39)
  • Why technical interviews are kinda broken (3:16)
  • What the heck does culture fit even mean? (08:57)
  • How to answer “What is your biggest weakness?” in an interview (14:04)
  • More on culture fit  (16:08)
  • The truth behind why companies hide salaries in job descriptions (18:52)
  • Your previous salary has nothing to do with your new one (20:50)
  • Ian’s experience interviewing at 27 companies (23:28)
  • How to increase your callback % when applying to jobs, even if you don’t have much experience yet (27:39)
  • Ian’s LinkedIn #drama (31:15)
  • Rejection isn’t personal and you never know what’s happening internally (36:42)
  • It all works out in the end (39:15)
  • How to practice your interview skills in the real world (40:49)
  • Get your foot in the door and the rest will follow (43:14)
  • How much loyalty should you have to a company? (46:06)
  • How Ian botched an interview at Twilio (46:29)

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